Rubens Barrichello

Rubens Barrichello won the Italian Grand Prix, beating world champion Michael Schumacher in a race that nearly got away from the Ferrari team on its home track in Monza. Barrichello has won this race two of the last three years and now has eight Formula One career victories. Barrichello started from the pole and overcame an early unscheduled pit stop to change tires and set up his car wings. The Brazilian completed the 53-lap race 1.3 seconds ahead of Schumacher, who has already clinched this...

(Reuters) - Statistics for Sunday's Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in Spielberg, race eight of the championship: Lap distance: 4.326km. Total distance: 71 laps, 307.020 km. Start time: 1200 GMT (1400 local) There has been no race at the circuit since 2003. Tyres: Soft (yellow), Supersoft (red) WINS Daniel Ricciardo's win for Red Bull in Canada ended Mercedes's run of six victories in a row - the longest streak at the start of a season since McLaren...

Michael Schumacher is off to a fast start in his bid for a seventh Formula One championship. Schumacher won his fourth Australian Grand Prix title, leading teammate Rubens Barrichello in a 1-2 finish Sunday for Ferraris in the season-opening Formula One race in Melbourne. Schumacher led from start to finish and completed 58 laps on the Albert Park circuit in 1 hour 24 minutes 15.757 seconds, 13.6 seconds ahead of Barrichello. In what seemed to be a separate race for third place among the...

(Reuters) - Formula One is remembering Brazilian Ayrton Senna and Austrian Roland Ratzenberger on the 20th anniversary of their deaths in 1994 at the San Marino Grand Prix at Italy's Imola circuit. The following is a brief timeline of that weekend. - - - - * The race was the third round of the year. Triple champion Senna had started on pole position in Brazil and in Japan but had yet to score any points while Benetton's young German Michael Schumacher, in his third full...

Ralf Schumacher added to the rich family collection of Formula One trophies, capturing his first career victory in Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix. The 25-year-old brother of Michael Schumacher drove his Williams-BMW car to an almost unchallenged triumph, earning the British team its first GP win since 1997 and ending a 22-race winning streak by either Ferrari or McLaren drivers. It also was the first time that two brothers have won F-1 Grand Prix--Michael is the reigning champion.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For a young sports reporter, still cutting his teeth in journalism, the prospect of covering the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix seemed like a dream assignment. While not as revered as Monaco, the San Marino race was always an iconic event for Formula One fans because of its links to Ferrari. In the days leading up to the race there was a festive atmosphere at the circuit, with the stands filled with thousands of fans waving the famous...

Michael Schumacher of Germany won his fifth straight race Sunday, capturing the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona and matching the best start to a Formula One season. The six-time series champion overcame an exhaust problem to record his 75th career victory and fourth straight at the Spanish GP, six times overall since 1991. He equaled Nigel Mansell's record start in 1992. "A lot of nice numbers on one weekend to come together, which I am proud of," Schumacher said. Rubens Barrichello was...

After a one-week departure from form, Formula One returned to its set ways: a victory by Michael Schumacher. He captured the European Grand Prix in his home country Sunday, rebounding from last week's crash at Monaco to win for the sixth time in seven races this season. The six-time world champion was on the pole and recorded his 76th Formula One victory. Rubens Barrichello was almost 18 seconds behind at Nuerburgring, Germany, giving Ferrari its fourth 1-2 finish this season.

By Julian Linden INDIANAPOLIS, May 27 (Reuters) - He didn't get to kiss the bricks or drench himself in milk, but Rubens Barrichello could not have been happier after safely completing his first Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. The Brazilian missed out on doing the dubious traditional honours reserved for race winner Dario Franchitti but the 39-year-old did claim an unexpected win of some sort. Of the nine rookies in the field, Barrichello finished the ...

Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher, who finished among the top three in every race this season, won his third consecutive Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday in Suzuka, Japan, for his his 11th victory of the season. Schumacher finished second five times and third once. His run comes just days after Formula One officials recommended a plan to handicap cars by adding extra weight if its team builds an early points lead next season. The five-time world champion led a 1-2 finish for Ferrari--the...

Pole-sitter Tony Kanaan led the Purex Dial Indy 200 in Avondale, Ariz., for the final 41 laps for his first IndyCar Series victory. The Brazilian saved fuel because five of the race's 10 cautions occurred after he pitted for the last time. After the last caution flag there were only two laps left, and Kanaan held off Helio Castroneves by half a straightaway. - Paul Tracy made it 2-for-2 this season, racing to an easy win in the CART Monterrey (Mexico) Grand Prix. Tracy, off to the best start of his 13-year CART...

Michael Schumacher should have refused to pass teammate Rubens Barrichello in the manipulated finish at the Austrian Grand Prix, according to three-time world champion Jackie Stewart. Barrichello, who led the entire race Sunday, obeyed team orders and slowed down in the final straight to let Schumacher, his Ferrari teammate, take the victory. The finish led to a barrage of criticism and prompted FIA, the governing body of Formula One, to summon Ferrari officials and the two drivers...

Guard Doug Christie is expected to miss most of training camp with the Sacramento Kings while recovering from plantar fasciitis in his left foot. - Points leader Martin Truex Jr. took the lead with 12 laps to go and drove to an easy victory in the NASCAR Busch series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. The win in the Stacker 200 was the fifth of the year for Truex. - Rubens Barrichello earned the pole position for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix in...

Formula One instituted a series of rules changes to make the sport more competitive, including barring teams from telling their drivers to finish in a certain order. Formula One teams rejected radical proposals for a weight handicapping and switching drivers, and approved changes in scoring, qualifying, testing points and tires. The rule forbidding teams from determining the finish of their drivers resulted from Ferrari instructing Rubens Barrichello to let five-time champion Michael Schumacher...